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Inoceramus
Taxonomy
Inoceramus was named by Sowerby (1814) [Sepkoski's age data: J l K Maes-u Sepkoski's reference number: 545].
It was assigned to Pteriidae by Meek (1864); to Aviculidae by Stanton (1895); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Inoceramidae by Kennedy et al. (1973), Kinger and Kennedy (1980), Vokes (1980), Elder and Box (1992), Gebhardt (2001), El Qot (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Wild and Stilwell (2016).
It was assigned to Pteriidae by Meek (1864); to Aviculidae by Stanton (1895); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Inoceramidae by Kennedy et al. (1973), Kinger and Kennedy (1980), Vokes (1980), Elder and Box (1992), Gebhardt (2001), El Qot (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Wild and Stilwell (2016).
Species
Epiceramus, I. (Cordiceramus), I. (Endocostea), I. (Heroceramus), I. (Inoceramus), I. (Mytiloceramus), I. (Platyceramus), I. (Volviceramus), I. acutus, I. aduncus, I. aequicostatus, I. albertensis, I. altifluminis, I. amakusensis, I. americanus, I. andinus, I. anglicus, I. anilis, I. anomalus, I. anomiaeformis, I. apicalis, I. arvanus, I. baumanni, I. brownei, I. camerunensis, I. carsoni, I. chicoensis, I. colonicus, I. congoensis, I. contracostae, I. corpulentus, I. costatus, I. costellatus, I. coulthardi, I. coxi, I. cripsii, I. cuvieri, I. digitatus, I. dimidius, I. dominguesi, I. dowlingi, I. dunveganensis, I. duplicostatus, I. elburzensis, I. elliotti, I. eolobatus, I. everesti, I. expansus, I. ezoensis, I. fibrosus, I. formosulus, I. fragilis, I. frechi, I. galoi, I. gervillioides, I. gibbosus, I. ginterensis, I. glacierensis, I. gradilis, I. hamadae, I. hobetsensis, I. hoppenstedtensis, I. howelli, I. incelebratus, I. inconditus, I. jacksonensis, I. klamathensis, I. kuskokwimensis, I. kystatymensis, I. lamarcki, I. lateris, I. longealatus, I. meekianus, I. mendocinoensis, I. mesabiensis, I. morii, I. multiformis, I. mungoensis, I. mytiliformis, I. niger, I. nigrata, I. nipponicus, I. obliquus, I. ovatoides, I. ovatus, I. pacificus, I. pembertoni, I. pennatulus, I. pontoni, I. porrectus, I. prefragilis, I. problematicus, I. pseudolucifer, I. quenstedti, I. rectangulus, I. robertsoni, I. salisburgensis, I. saskatchewanensis, I. schmidti, I. scotti, I. selwyni, I. shikotanensis, I. simplex, I. simpsoni, I. sokolovi, I. stantoni, I. steinmanni, I. subdepressus, I. subundatus, I. tenuirostratus, I. teshioensis, I. turgidus, I. udylensis, I. undabundus, I. ussuriensis, I. vallejoensis, I. vancouverensis, I. virgatus, I. whitneyi, I. yabei, Rhachidoceramus, Rhachidoceramus (Oncoceramus)
Species lacking formal opinion data
I. agdjakendensis, I. anakusensis, I. angulatus, I. angustiundulatus, I. annulatus, I. aucella, I. australis, I. balchii, I. barsliensis, I. bererensis, I. bicorrugatus, I. bojarkensis, I. borilensis, I. bornholmensis, I. cadottensis, I. comancheanus, I. concentrica, I. conicus, I. crippsi, I. crippsi, I. crispi, I. curvieri, I. etheridgei, I. ewaldi, I. fiegei, I. flavus, I. goldfussi, I. guerichi, I. gusselkaensis, I. heinzi, I. iburiensis, I. incurvus, I. ipuanus, I. irenensis, I. kapuus, I. labiatiformis, I. labiatoidiformis, I. lapparenti, I. maedae, I. mamatensis, I. marathonensis, I. matotorus, I. nodai, I. nukeus, I. obtusus, I. opetius, I. pedalionoides, I. perplexus, I. pertenuis, I. pochialaineni, I. proximus, I. pseudoregularis, I. quadrans, I. quatsinoensis, I. reduncus, I. renngarteni, I. rhomboides, I. richensis, I. rutherfordi, I. sagensis, I. saratoviensis, I. schloenbachi, I. schoendorfi, I. soukupi, I. spitzbergensis, I. steenstrupi, I. stilley, I. stoneleyi, I. subneocomiensis, I. subpercostatus, I. sutherlandi, I. tenuilineatum, I. tenuis, I. tenuistriatus, I. tenuistriatus(), I. tenuiumbonatus, I. typicus, I. urius, I. vanuxemi, I. vanuxemiformis, I. volgensis, I. waltersdorfensis, I. wandereri, I. warakius, I. yokoyamai, I. zavoljiensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1814 | Inoceramus Sowerby |
| 1864 | Inoceramus Meek p. 47 |
| 1895 | Inoceramus Stanton p. 47 |
| 1932 | Dimeroceramus mungoensis Heinz |
| 1932 | Epiceramus Heinz |
| 1932 | Germanoceramus nigrata Heinz |
| 1932 | Rhachidoceramus Heinz |
| 1932 | Rhachidoceramus (Oncoceramus) Heinz |
| 1957 | Inoceramus mungoensis Sornay p. 59 |
| 1957 | Inoceramus nigrata Sornay p. 60 |
| 1973 | Inoceramus Kennedy et al. p. 96 |
| 1980 | Inoceramus Kinger and Kennedy p. 308 |
| 1980 | Inoceramus Vokes p. 42 |
| 1992 | Inoceramus Elder and Box p. 13 |
| 2001 | Inoceramus Gebhardt p. 201 |
| 2002 | Inoceramus Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Inoceramus El Qot p. 26 |
| 2010 | Inoceramus Bouchet et al. |
| 2016 | Inoceramus Wild and Stilwell p. 963 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Inoceramus Sowerby 1814
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Subg. †Inoceramus (Cordiceramus) Heinz 1932
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†Cordiceramus cordiformis Sowerby 1823
†Cordiceramus gilberti White 1876
†Cordiceramus lesginensis Dobrov and Pavlova 1959
Invalid names: Germanoceramus Heinz 1932 [nomen nudum]
Subg. †Inoceramus (Endocostea) Whitfield 1877
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†Endocostea regularis d'Orbigny 1845
†Inoceramus (Endocostea) balticus Bohm 1907
†Inoceramus (Endocostea) cymbaeformis Pergament 1975
†Inoceramus (Endocostea) mulleri Petrascheck 1961
†Inoceramus (Endocostea) stanislausensis Anderson 1958
Subg. †Inoceramus (Inoceramus) Sowerby 1814
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†Inoceramus (Inoceramus) ernsti Heinz 1928
†Inoceramus (Inoceramus) inaequivalvis Schlüter 1877
†Inoceramus (Inoceramus) koegleri Andert 1911
†Inoceramus (Inoceramus) pictus Sowerby 1829
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†Inoceramus pictus concentricoundulatus Troeger 1967
†Inoceramus pictus minus Matsumoto 1989
†Inoceramus pictus pictus Sowerby 1829
Subg. †Inoceramus (Mytiloceramus)
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†Mytiloceramus bulunensis Koschelkina 1961
†Mytiloceramus bureiensis Sey 1980
†Mytiloceramus lucifer Eichwald 1871
†Mytiloceramus polyplocus Roemer 1857
†Mytiloceramus tugurensis Sey 1976
Subg. †Inoceramus (Platyceramus) Heinz 1932
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†Inoceramus (Platyceramus) japonicus Nagao and Matsumoto 1940
†Inoceramus acutus Stoppani 1857
†Inoceramus aduncus Anderson 1902
†Inoceramus aequicostatus Voronetz 1937
†Inoceramus albertensis McLearn 1926
†Inoceramus altifluminis McLearn 1943
†Inoceramus amakusensis Nagao and Matsumoto 1940
†Inoceramus americanus Walaszczyk and Cobban 2006
†Inoceramus andinus Wilckens 1907
†Inoceramus anglicus Woods 1911
†Inoceramus anilis Pcelinceva 1962
†Inoceramus anomalus Heine 1929
†Inoceramus anomiaeformis Feruglio 1936
†Inoceramus apicalis Woods 1912
†Inoceramus arvanus Stephenson 1953
†Inoceramus baumanni Kossmat 1893
†Inoceramus brownei Marwick 1953
†Inoceramus camerunensis Heinz 1932
†Inoceramus carsoni McCoy 1865
†Inoceramus chicoensis Anderson 1958
†Inoceramus colonicus Anderson 1938
†Inoceramus congoensis Heinz 1932
†Inoceramus contracostae Anderson 1958
†Inoceramus corpulentus McLearn 1926
†Inoceramus costatus Nagao and Matsumoto 1939
†Inoceramus costellatus Woods 1904
†Inoceramus coulthardi McLearn 1926
†Inoceramus coxi Reyment 1955
†Inoceramus cripsii hoppenstedtensis Troeger 1967
†Inoceramus cuvieri Sowerby 1814
†Inoceramus digitatus Sowerby 1829
†Inoceramus dimidius White 1874
†Inoceramus dominguesi Maury 1930
†Inoceramus dowlingi McLearn 1931
†Inoceramus dunveganensis McLearn 1926
†Inoceramus duplicostatus Anderson 1958
†Inoceramus elburzensis Fantini 1966
†Inoceramus elliotti Gabb 1869
†Inoceramus eolobatus Anderson 1958
†Inoceramus everesti Oppel 1862
†Inoceramus expansus Bailly 1855
†Inoceramus ezoensis Yokoyama 1890
†Inoceramus fibrosus Meek and Hayden 1857
†Inoceramus formosulus Voronetz 1937
†Inoceramus fragilis Hall and Meek 1856
†Inoceramus frechi Flegel 1905
†Inoceramus galoi Boehm 1907
†Inoceramus gervillioides Hyatt 1892
†Inoceramus gibbosus Schlüter 1877
†Inoceramus ginterensis Pergament 1966
†Inoceramus glacierensis Walaszczyk and Cobban 2006
†Inoceramus gradilis Pergament 1966
†Inoceramus hamadae Hayami 1960
†Inoceramus hobetsensis Nagao and Matsumoto 1939
†Inoceramus hoppenstedtensis Troeger 1967
†Inoceramus howelli White 1876
†Inoceramus incelebratus Pergament 1966
†Inoceramus inconditus Marwick 1953
†Inoceramus jacksonensis Anderson 1958
†Inoceramus klamathensis Anderson 1902
†Inoceramus kuskokwimensis Elder and Box 1992
†Inoceramus kystatymensis Koschelkina 1960
†Inoceramus lamarcki Parkinson 1819
†Inoceramus lateris Rossi de Gargia and Camacho 1965
†Inoceramus longealatus Tröger 1967
†Inoceramus meekianus Anderson 1958
†Inoceramus mendocinoensis Anderson 1958
†Inoceramus mesabiensis Bergquist 1944
†Inoceramus morii Hayami 1959
†Inoceramus multiformis Pergament 1971
†Inoceramus mytiliformis Fantini 1966
†Inoceramus niger Heinz 1932
†Inoceramus nipponicus Nagao and Matsumoto 1939
†Inoceramus obliquus Meek 1864
†Inoceramus ovatoides Anderson 1938
†Inoceramus ovatus Stanton 1895
†Inoceramus pacificus Anderson and Hanna 1935
†Inoceramus pembertoni Waring 1917
†Inoceramus pennatulus Pergament 1966
†Inoceramus pontoni McLearn 1926
†Inoceramus porrectus Voronetz 1937
†Inoceramus prefragilis Stephenson 1952
†Inoceramus prefragilis stephensoni Kauffman et al. 1977
†Inoceramus problematicus d'Orbigny 1843
†Inoceramus pseudolucifer Afitsky 1967
†Inoceramus quenstedti Pcelincev 1933
†Inoceramus rectangulus Meek 1864
†Inoceramus robertsoni Walaszczyk and Cobban 2006
†Inoceramus salisburgensis Fugger and Kastner 1885
†Inoceramus saskatchewanensis Warren 1934
†Inoceramus schmidti Sokolow 1914
†Inoceramus scotti Anderson 1945
†Inoceramus selwyni McLearn 1926
†Inoceramus shikotanensis Nagao and Matsumoto 1940
†Inoceramus simplex Hyatt 1892
†Inoceramus simpsoni Meek 1860
†Inoceramus sokolovi Walaszczyk and Cobban 2006
†Inoceramus stantoni Anderson 1945
†Inoceramus steinmanni Wilckens 1907
†Inoceramus subdepressus Meek and Hayden 1861
†Inoceramus subundatus Meek 1861
†Inoceramus tenuirostratus Meek and Hayden 1862
†Inoceramus teshioensis Nagao and Matsumoto 1939
†Inoceramus turgidus Anderson 1958
†Inoceramus udylensis Zonova 1989
†Inoceramus undabundus Meek and Hayden 1862
†Inoceramus ussuriensis Voronetz 1937
†Inoceramus vallejoensis Anderson 1938
†Inoceramus vancouverensis Shumard 1858
†Inoceramus virgatus Schlüter 1877
†Inoceramus whitneyi Gabb 1869
†Inoceramus yabei Nagao and Matsumoto 1939
Invalid names: Epiceramus Heinz 1932 [nomen nudum], Inoceramus mungoensis Heinz 1932 [nomen nudum], Inoceramus nigrata Heinz 1932 [nomen nudum], Rhachidoceramus Heinz 1932 [nomen nudum], Rhachidoceramus (Oncoceramus) Heinz 1932 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 221.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (1840 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Norian | Russian Federation | Otapiria ussuriensis (39307 69420 69427) | |
| Norian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | Otapiria ussuriensis (97857 97858 98269 98270 98279 98280 98281 98282 98285 98286 98287 98288 98289 98290) | |
| Norian | Russian Federation (Primorye) | Otapiria ussuriensis (141059) | |
| Lacian | Russian Federation | Otapiria ussuriensis (39301 39313 214905) | |
| Lacian - Alaunian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | Otapiria ussuriensis (97821 97824) | |
| Alaunian | Russian Federation | Otapiria ussuriensis (69407 69439 214808 214906) | |
| Sevatian | Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) | Otapiria ussuriensis (97823) | |
| Sevatian | Russian Federation | Otapiria ussuriensis (214880) | |
| Rhaetian | Indonesia (Timor) | Lima acuta (205468) | |
| Rhaetian | Italy (Lombardy) | Lima acuta (38083) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Egypt (Western Desert) | I. faragi (3128 3140 3141 3143 3144 3145 3154 3155) I. regularis (3148) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Japan | I. awajiensis (114478 167911) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | I. sp B (83237) I. sp B, I. sp A (83225) I. sp. (4173 4175 4176 4177 4178 4179 4180 4183 4186 4195 4202 4213 4217 4229 4230 4231 4236) I. sp., I. sp. (4205 4215) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | I. sp. (4483 4522 5558) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Carolina) | I. sp. (4346) I. sp., I. sp. (4354 4355) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | I. sp., I. fibrosus (82643) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Chile | I. sagensis (157301) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Egypt | I. regularis (3150) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | I. sp. (4367 4369) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | I. sp. (4127 4141 4142 4147 4152 4156 4160 4163 4164 4167 4168 4170 4171 4172) | |